The animal kingdom is full of fascinating tricks for enduring sub-freezing temperatures. Birds, for example, often just take ...
Wood frogs — Lithobates sylvaticus, also known as Rana sylvatica — live farther north than any other amphibian, even beyond ...
Some animals in Canada will chill off so much in winter that they actually freeze, ensuring their survival through the harsh months. Such is the case with the wood frog. To ensure it can make it ...
Their staccato voices can make a muskeg bog as loud as a city street, though most are so small they could sit in a coffee cup without scraping their noses. They surprise hikers, who notice them ...
If you’re out on a walk in early spring and you happen to hear clucking, don’t start looking around for barnyard birds. The wood frog is one of the first frog species to emerge in late winter in the ...
Long before winter seals the forest under ice, certain frogs begin preparing for a transformation that defies basic biology.
Road salt can often wash into nearby wetlands and ponds and hurt freshwater wildlife, but some animals appear to be adapting. By Ethan Freedman Published Apr 2, 2024 9:00 AM EDT Get the Popular ...
The mass of tiny black eggs floated on the surface of the vernal pool was reason for optimism. The weather wasn’t. Rick Koval and I visited a small vernal pool last week hoping to find a few species ...
Wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) exhibit an extraordinary capacity for freeze tolerance, an adaptation that enables survival despite the conversion of up to 65–70% of their total body water into ...